Visa issue delays Kruger’s path to Blackhawks’ training camp

Updated Sep 18, 2015 at 1:44p ET


The Chicago Blackhawks will be without forward Marcus Kruger for a few days.

No, Kruger is not nursing an undisclosed injury heading into the team's training camp, which began on Friday in South Bend, Ind. Rather, the 25-year-old Swede is dealing with a visa issue and is expected to arrive early next week, agent J.P. Barry told Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune.

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Signed to a one-year, $1.5 million contract last week, Kruger collected seven goals and 10 assists while playing in 81 regular-season games for the Blackhawks in 2014-15.

The penalty-killing forward had two of each in 23 postseason contests as Chicago went on to win its third Stanley Cup title in six years.

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